U.S.-NEW YORK-BUFFALO-MASS SHOOTING
The heavily armed shooter surrendered to local police after killing 10 people and injuring three at a supermarket on Saturday afternoon in Buffalo, located near the Canadian border in northwestern New York State. (Photo by Zhang Jie/Xinhua) (Photo by Xinhua/Sipa USA)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The white man accused of slaughtering 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket was scheduled to appear in court Thursday as authorities continue to investigate the possibility of hate crime or terrorism charges.
Payton Gendron livestreamed the attack from a helmet camera before surrendering to police outside the grocery store.
Shortly before the attack last Saturday, he posted hundreds of pages of writings to online discussion groups where he detailed his plans for the assault and his racist motivation. At his initial court appearance last week, Gendron’s court-appointed lawyer entered a plea of “not guilty” on his behalf.
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